Die



A. OLGAY June 24, 1930.

DIE

Filed April 27, 1928,

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. 4 jg z 6 I l atente cl gOQMI'ANEQOFJG CAG QILLINOIS AjCORP'ORATIQN OEj ILLINOIS I 1 This invention pertains ,t'ezidiej and, [Iridi'e j 01' substantially triangulanl bp'ttom, sideiand' 7 closing 'flap The side fla'ps are ordinarily o folded-down against-the i risfidei suria'cebf the'l'fa'ceof theenvelope" andafter gumhas I been applied albngthe free" niarginal edges 5 downfand secured; by thefgumjtetheside: flaps. The closing flapjmayor mayj'nothave 1 gum applied alonggthe free marginal-edges} Qfthe side adapted tdbe 'fold'edfagainst'the side flaps, but ifgumisfapplied t0 theielosing v I iwhich'gwill'be illustratedand; desei'ibed'in la;

' particiilarly to dies. for gumming fiap's of envelopes and the likel"; The edies-des'cribed in this application are"particularly useful in connection ith jenvelopeflgummingLand of the; bottdm flap on" theside that, is to be folded iagaihst the side jflapQ-it too is. folded 20 flap 1t is ordinarily pefipi'ttedto the flap isfold'ed down I Heretoforegumhas';bee1iapplied to'ithe marginal edges 0f the- 'b0ttom 1flap or] side flaps i and to the marginal edges ibf the, 010$:

2'5 ing fiap' b-y hand or by-ffiat straight face; dies -having-a'reeip'rocal smotionlwhich, When-theyv I j a succession :ofmating male and female dies".

5 may un defneath' the" "die and pdsitidned 30 thereunder, {Operated to I apply the gum jot deal dflabbr arid special machinery afidh'ave frie'ces'sarily"slowed"preduetie i;

V .such nature; chai'aet ie a'ndfhape fis'*prioyided thatthe envelope orjthe like'gm'ay have gunir p e a ng;m i l e E-O'fith? fl p that is, =ih the planet bf-thef meek;

along lines 'be'agring i any "des iliedj predeter- O milied'angular relationf tothegedgebf the flap while theaenvelopegblank is fe a'rried- I 1+ 'vehtion {also eontemplates thefpl evision V velope'gfiap oriflapsef each"ofafcontinliously flaps of envelopes carried along "in edg'ewise" y 1 I l i b'aeand theapex'of the flap bearingfsub- Many en v lopes aremade with triangular,

objects of the inventidn;

r y 'r pr at a stood" after I M111: aceondapee wi hithei entibn ad -1e; oft-adapted tobesectired tof a" rotating sha'jft o'f [which afgroeve'ordepressibnfi extends froin Edie gwhich may he mounted 6 1fv "a m'yt'at in g" I shaft; adjacent a fcenveybnofli wh'igh' 'tl ie en; velope blanks are carried -ingedgeyv ise relag, I ,tion 'eoithat gamer man ge-maybea pli d:1

-in;dthe f'desired positionsand-alOng ;-=theen I V 1 92's; ge rial N5. -2 "73 ,4 1 7 .fl vthan falseeofltemplates the provisieh bf gum- I Hungdles' which may be a rrangedte'appl-y=-. gum along the marginal-edges of triangular I relatiori'with a line joining the centef Of the I I stia ntially any predetermined{angular irela-f tio'ng tov the line of travel Of "the[envelope v blanks; These may be said to be same of the Otherob'jects inellidethe previsiohefaidie j or dies of peculial 'shapje andarrangementT-as Y an article or articles jofdmanufaetu're and a block or; rather; a cylinder composedof a' pluralityof pre-cut1mat'ingldies severably v I connected together for use, Sale as: an lntermediateproduct o'f jmaiiufacture, f

Manyl other objects as Well as-the advantagesg us es and fuhctions'fof'the intention prefer edi fbrm, will be, bi shcjlllld jbecofiie Q readi'irig; the following description and" claims v1 SanjdiafteI; vi ewing the drawing, inwhich; 8' Flg. lis'a planjviewl ofa cylinderfthe' in-- t termediate articlei-of- I'nanufaetulfe, Showing I formed' theredn'and'i'eadytofbe ise vel ed as' 1 v -whichreference-willfirstbe;madegeognprisesf "st'l'i-tably seeuredbn a mountinglbleek 7: asby 'SCreWs'S; the-top surfaceofithe'bloegk 'fbeing i suitably 'eurved to: Conform?to *th'ef b'ottem id Tlins, wyhenxthe die face is rolled along a angle otherthana-straight angle to the line 3 01f rolling-f i 'Wh'en a 's i'n gl'e lin e: of gum or V inucilageisto he applied along the marginal edge of an envelope. flap, the die illustrated in EigsB,"4and' 51f0rms the snp'porting or female! die and operates against the, side oi the'ribs 3 ofthe female die, carriesthe gum {l i i alongits-su'rfaceand rolling orarotating with gs the femalefdie i-n'indexedposition thereto; appliest the gum it" carries tov the-opposite v sideiof the paper.: Inpracticethe enyelope blanks are. carried along edgewisei between v thejmale' and female giimming dies two' pairs of Whichinayfbearrangedjto gum both mar:

; ofthe "envelope, whil'e the; dies mounted on alreyolying shaftlare rotated in timed relation to thelravelofthe blanks of'conrse, if the blanks bepassed between :the gumming 'die's with q the; V triangular flap to Joe 7 i gmnmemt arin such relation to thefiline V 0f travel of ;the' rblanks that :the marginal;

i 7 edges, of the flapjdonot make'equal angles shaft upon which the gumming dies i are fdies" the apitc h'ioffthe gumniing r impression responding to .the' ang'le' which the margin al.

" 1: edge of the flap'to be, g i'flim'eld-jrnake with the;

i linefof trayelof the lolank for theaxis.ofthe .ishaitjnpo hich fth'e dies-are; mounted; In

' dies is-represented-as:45?;

I g The'dj' es maybe'simplymade'ljyfollowing J the; following: process; a'ndlth'e resultant in;- i ;terinediat,earticle; 9f manufacture -mayjb'e j H skeptsafely withlthe uniisefd dies together and 'cordanc'e Withthe invention a hollow cylinder or. eylindricali'sle ve of' metal of'wyhich the ies are tobe 'Q Dmposed is" mounted-onits as fiat surface, the surfaces;- describe straight"- sided' figures-[or snbstar'itially rectangular. U parallel areas 1 therealong i-fextending' at an the flap" opposite that upon Whichfthe gnnr is-" applied,iwliilethe-male die which has but I I onefhelical rih, adapted nicely to fitbetWeen f gginal edges of say the'bottom or 'closingflap with the line 30f travel or theaxis -'of' the fmonnted, 'it b'ecomes' necessary to provide snrfaces' 'of'yvhich havea helicalrpitch core the presen linsftance, the pitch angle of the their proper; relationships iint il iafnother 7. f hetween'lathecentersifor rotation; Any shit; a ablecutting tool inonnted for movementlongitndinally -jofjtheji cylinder a 2 is"is,1 arranged e e Dee 1 1 mm r male dies of right and left hand pitch, I:pro1..r I

vide a cylinder of snfhcient length, that cor H responding and matingniale and femaledies 1 may be cut from opposite end portions there i- .01 With very littleWast Infthis1yyayjhe, time andfl-aoo'r of 'cntt in the diesf'may be muoh simplified since 1 if the cylinder; shown in Fig. 1 bejconsidered *asfrotatingin a clock ise direction Viewing the left -hand end thereof, we cuttingtoolseach starting at an.

endrof the cy linder and Working toward the 3 mi'ddle thereof may bens'edjandif necessary or desirable morethan one tool may he used at, the same time on each end forouttinganiline .ber of the dies inboth ends simultaneously. 5 By cutting first a male and then a female die from each end of the cylinder with al'eft- V hand male correspondingrwith'a rightrha'nd 5- v female and aleft-handfemalecorresponding" with alright-hand male, (these pairs'areinat-v I 'ingjdies)", upper iandi lowerlightand-left gp 1 hand pairs ofm'ating dies areprovidedandf I after the'dies, are out an unskilled laborer;

" recognizing only the inatingw dies ha i e their endstogether in thecylincler, nayrntthem.

'off,i.. -e., sever-them fromjthe other dies, and 9 7 use-them; Forthepnrpose ojfpreservi'ngthe' f diesin" their proper relationship untill it" is" desiredtouse them, a portion ofthe cylinderj between-reach inaleand female die; at the same i endfof the'cylinder is'cnt awayfleaving within; ,1 easilysseyerablestrip o-f metal-l5connecting 4 them; Thhswhenit isid'es'iredjtoobtain a 1' pair of: inating'left-hand orright-handfmaleand feniale dies', the desired'l nale die-iscnt 7 from one end portionand the desiredi'female #1 die. is out frornthe other end p'ortionfand lmountedonthe supports foruseasaboyefde I scribedj 13i 1;. Owing gto the impossibility ofmachin'ing the left and right-hand dies right up to their lineof junction desi' nated l6, there iSjBiI ar-Q FQW. p rt e ach sidekiftheijm st, iii-line, 1 6, as for-instance, between th line ll7%l7,-y that must be cut ofi and Wastedfin'so-far 'asf "zusefiilnessjfor the purposesofjthe other dies are concerned. This, liowever,', is a negligible-Q;

a ount o wasteifor substantiall the w o e.

cylinclefis"i sed i or thej dies'r f; l

iltfis believechthat those skilled i, he a Will thoroughly: understand the,

. inventio fromthe foregoing description";taken in co .nection with the drawing, butiitsho ildbe n der'stood that since yariousmedifioations an arrangements. of the invention hearing: li

resemblance-to the specific} and prefer l form illustrated-and described Ehe n12 I: dov not desire to be limited bythe preferred fform illustrated and described; but onlywhy thelspirit of thejinvention a l'th'e sco p'e'oft Iclaim: :V 1. As an article of manufacture, a hollow metal cylinder having a plurality of die impression surfaces formed in ,its surface adjacent one another and separated by a rela-' tively thin severable striplof metal of the 7 cylinder, each impression surface having a l-ul portion which'is parallel a surface generated by a right line, lying wholly in the surface of J a cylinder, which relatively movesuniformly about the axis of the cylinderjand at the same time relatively moves uniformly. inv a; direc} tionparallel said axis. 2; As an article o-ffmanufacture,' a hollow cylinder having a plurality of helicalldie .1m. pression surfaces formed integrally in its surface adj acentone another and separated by a relatively thinseverable strip of metal of the cylinder. I r V r I 3. As an article of manufacture, a hollow cylinder having a plurality of die impression surfaces formed in its surface adjacent-one another-and separated a relatively thin severable strip of metal of the cylinder, each impression surface being of substantially greater length than breadthmne line of said wholly in said surface being'helical. Y

4. Asan article ofmanufacture, a hollow cylinder havinga plurality of die impression surface extending longitudinally of but surfaces formed in its siurfaceadjacent one an other and separated by a relatively thin severable strip-of metal of the cylinder, each impression surface a-being [of substantially greaterlengththan breadth,- said surface be ing so shaped longitudinally and transverse ly as to receivea plurality of parallehlongi press ion surfaces formed on its" exterior and a plurality of relatively thin severable strips of metal formed on the cylinder 'spaced rela tively to said surfaces to provide between the severable strips severable alternate male and 7 female right-handed helical dies adjacent one end of the cylinder and a plurality of alternate male and female left-handed helical dies adjacent the otherv end of the cylinder. 7

8. As an article-of manufacture, a hollow ,1 75* 7 metal cylinder having a plurality of'dle 1m- ,7 pression surfaces formed on its exterior and a plurality of relatively thin, severable strips I of metal ofthe cylinder spacedrelativelyto said surfaces to provide severable alternate male and female right-handed helical dies adjacent one 'end'of the cylinder and a plurality of male and female left-handed helical dies adjacent theother end of the cylinder,.the" I male die on one end being complementaryto a female die on the other end of the cylinder.

In witness of the foregoing I'affix my sig-- nature.

tudinally extending, helicallineseach wholly in said surface.- 1

5. As an article, of manufacture a hollow metal cylinder having a plurality or die impression surfacesformed ini itsj surface adjacent one. another andf'sepa'ratedby arela I tively thinseverable stri metal Ofthe .7 7

cylinder, alternate impression surfaces each having a portion which is parallelafsurface '1, generatedby a right line, ying WllOllYiIl the ver'ed alternate dies each having ahelical' im- 60 surface of'a cylinder, which relatively moves 7 uniformly about theaxisofthecylinder,;and.. V

in a direction parallel saidaxisl:

at the same time relatively: moves un rm y 6. As an. articlefof manufactureea hollow cylinderhaving a pluralityof die impression I surfaces formed on its exterior adjacent one.

another and separated byrelatively thinseverable strips of metal of the cylinder, said I surfaces and said stripsbeing so relatively spaced as to provide when the strips are sepression surface and intermediate dies having a pairofparallel, helically extending surfaces, every point in each of said surfaces being equi-distant from an' axis. of generation.

7. As an article of manufacture, ahollow metal cylinder havinga plurality of die im- ALBERT OLGATY. i 

